Winchester has always been the symbol of American rifle-making but, as with Browning, manufacture transferred to Japan under the Browning, Winchester, Miroku banner. This particular gun is actually made in Portugal and is another one of the…
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Big Ted and little Ted!
Ted’s young son is six and he’s also called Ted. Penelope his daughter is three. Big Ted says: “They love being out with us shooting, we kitted them out at…
White pheasants help Harkstead Estate shoot raise £5,000 for East Anglian Air Ambulance
A gamekeeper suggested that white pheasants were used on each shoot. Each time a white peasant fell to the gun the other shoot guests were encouraged to donate £10 each,…
Have your say in our firearms licensing poll
Everbody who owns a gun is being affected by shotgun and firearms licensing issues – whether they are new to shooting or a seasoned Gun. When you’ve just taken up…
Imerys Gun Club
Imerys Gun Club Trethosa Moor Trethosa St. Stephen Cornwall CORNWALL Secretary: Ian Studley Phone 01726 76365
Countess faces lengthy wait for gun licence and brands £40 GP fee a “disgrace”
Many shooters have long been aware that the time it takes to receive a new shotgun certificate depends on where they live. Now Establishment figures, like MP Ian Liddell Grainger…
Recipe for Burns Night – rabbit haggis
Rabbit roulade, rabbit haggis, barley, carrot and winter mushroom Serves 4 Ingredients 2 whole rabbit* 200g barley soaked overnight in cold water 3 garlic cloves 2 sprigs rosemary 2 sprigs…
Snap shooting pheasant – what am I doing wrong?
John Bidwell says: This one has cropped up in this column before so, at the risk of repeating myself, I will cover the salient points of “snap shooting” again. You must stay alert and totally…
The “Holy Trinity” of London gunmakers
In reviewing my progress so far in stocking my fantasy gunroom with fine guns I have never owned, I note that I have made an important omission: I have not yet nominated a British-made “best”…
Do you know your boxlock from your flintlock?
On the other hand, if you’re flummoxed as to what they mean but you want to be taken as a serious shooter who knows their stuff, then read on. The…
10 things that can make or break a shoot day
Makes 1. The Weather: Many Guns prefer a lightly overcast day, a favourable wind with a decent nip in the air. Persistent driving rain all day is enough to break…
Recipe for wild boar with lentils and wild mushrooms
Ingredients 4 wild boar steaks (or venison steaks) 250g ready cooked Beluga Lentils or Puy Lentils (we use Merchant Gourmet) 150g mixed wild mushrooms 60g butter 8tbsp rapeseed oil 1…
Time to enter the Royal Berkshire Shooting School Handicap Challenge
This is a hugely popular clayshooting competition. Entrants will be able to shoot for their preferred magazine and an enticing array of prizes can be won; a Browning Heritage shotgun, a…
Bowling for a shoot
The Holkham Estate is the home of the bowler hat – you can read more here.
Two Bridges Shooting Club
Two Bridges Shooting Club Two Bridges Princeton Yelverton DEVON Secretary Richard Davies Phone 01647 433557
Tavistock Clay Pigeon Club
Tavistock Clay Pigeon Club Hicks Casings Factory Ramsham TAVISTOCK DEVON Secretary Shane Honey Phone 01822 840454 Disciplines ESP
Bradford Shooting Ground
Bradford Shooting Ground
Southdown Shooting Ground
Southdown Shooting Ground Southdown Yarnscombe Barnstaple DEVON EX31 3LZ Secretary Stephen Moore Phone 01271 858791 Disciplines DTL, ESP, STR